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> fair free market If we had that there wouldn't be so much meat in the first place. Currently, each year, American taxpayers subsidize the animal food system
by rcpt 7y ago
> fair free market
If we had that there wouldn't be so much meat in the first place. Currently, each year, American taxpayers subsidize the animal food system to the tune of $38 billion.
- o_p 7y agoThe problem with the free market is that mass starvation can perfectly be a market optimal, of all the things that are subsidized, food is the most important.
- rcpt 7y agoThere are many ways to prevent starvation without heavily subsidizing animal agriculture.
- windexh8er 7y agoAnd... > inexpensive healthy high protein Most people don't know how much protein they should actually be eating [0]. And while they're focusing on "high protein" they fail to understand the need for "high fiber". The Western diet focused on proteins isn't doing us any good in the long run by using the majority of our farm land for feed crops. And then we've been told eating chicken [1] 7 days a week, twice a day is "healthy". What Canada did by boxing out big agriculture and regroup their dietary recommendations is impressive by making it evidence based and not lobbyist driven [2]. [0] https://www.health.harvard.edu/diet-and-weight-loss/when-it-comes-to-protein-how-much-is-too-much https://www.health.harvard.edu/diet-and-weight-loss/when-it-... [1] https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article-abstract/110/1/24/5494812/ https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article-abstract/110/1/24/5494... [2] https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-food-guide-healthy-eating-food-processors-industry-dairy-beef-lobbying-1.4970122 https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-food-guide-healthy-eat...
- mark_l_watson 7y agoGood point, and it is probably even more than $38B in subsidies.